HR2017-06-222018-05-23T14:19:29ZShort Titles as IntroducedPatients' Access to Treatments Act of 2017Official Title as IntroducedTo amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to limit co-payment, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a specialty drug tier to the dollar amount (or its equivalent) of such requirements applicable to prescription drugs in a non-preferred brand drug tier, and for other purposes.Display TitlePatients' Access to Treatments Act of 2017(Extracted from GPO) Short Titles as IntroducedPatients’ Access to Treatments Act of 20172017-06-22T04:00:00Z002017-06-222017-07-17T12:50:16ZIntroduced in HousePatients' Access to Treatments Act of 2017

This bill amends the Public Health Service Act to establish cost sharing limits for health plans that cover prescription drugs and use a formulary or other tiered cost sharing structure. Such health plans may not impose higher cost sharing requirements, including copayment and coinsurance, for specialty drugs than for other prescription drugs in a nonpreferred brand name drug tier. If a health plan's formulary contains more than one nonpreferred brand name drug tier, the tier with the lowest cost sharing applies.

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[R-VA-1]FalseJ.VAWittman2018-05-16W000804118868192W000804RRoberthsif00hsif14Health SubcommitteeReferred to2017-06-23T13:58:07ZStandingEnergy and Commerce CommitteeHouseReferred to2017-06-22T14:01:00Z1.0.02017-06-23T03:11:37ZHealth[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 107 (Thursday, June 22, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. McKINLEY:H.R. 2999.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, clause 1: The Congress shall havePower To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises,to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence andgeneral Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Impostsand Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States[Page H5110]]]>House115Patients' Access to Treatments Act of 20172999text/xmlENPursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.Congressional Research Service, Library of CongressThis file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. 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